
Thursday's weather: Rain for KZN and fine, cold weather with morning fog for the rest of SA
Morning fog is forecast for seven provinces with fine to cold conditions during the day, according to the South African Weather Service (SAWS).
Rain is expected in some parts of KwaZulu-Natal, but it will be colder toward the south-west.
Weather in your province
Gauteng: Expect morning fog patches in the south. The day will be fine and cold, but slightly warmer in the north.
- Pretoria: 4°C — 18°C
- Johannesburg: 3°C — 16°C
- Vereeniging: 1°C — 15°C
Mpumalanga: Morning fog patches over the highveld to clear, leading to a fine day. Cold to cool temperatures expected.
- Mbombela: 7°C — 20°C
- Ermelo: 0°C — 14°C
- Emalahleni: 3°C — 16°C
- Standerton: -2°C — 17°C
- Skukuza: 5°C — 24°C
Limpopo: The day will be fine and cool with no major disruptions expected.
- Polokwane: 5°C — 18°C
- Phalaborwa: 10°C — 24°C
- Tzaneen: 6°C — 21°C
- Musina: 8°C — 22°C
- Lephalale: 5°C — 21°C
- Mokopane: 5°C — 20°C
North West: Morning fog patches in the south and west areas will dissipate, leaving behind fine and cold to cool conditions.
- Klerksdorp: 0°C — 18°C
- Potchefstroom: 1°C — 17°C
- Mahikeng: 1°C — 17°C
- Rustenburg: 3°C — 18°C
- Vryburg: 0°C — 18°C
Free State: Foggy in the west during the morning hours, clearing to fine and cold weather.
- Bloemfontein: 1°C — 16°C
- Welkom: -1°C — 16°C
- Bethlehem: -3°C — 14°C
Northern Cape: Foggy start in the east, followed by fine and cold to cool weather, with warm conditions in the extreme north-west. Frost anticipated in the southern interior, and a possibility of dust storms over the extreme north-west. Coastal winds: Fresh to strong easterly winds, weakening to moderate into the evening.
- Upington: 2°C — 18°C
- Kimberley: 0°C — 17°C
- De Aar: 2°C — 15°C
- Alexander Bay: 12°C — 30°C
- Springbok: 10°C — 19°C
- Calvinia: 3°C — 18°C
- Sutherland: -5°C — 15°C
Western Cape: Partly cloudy start with fog patches over the south coast's interior (including the southern Overberg region). The day clears to fine and cold to cool weather. Coastal winds: Light to moderate easterly to south-easterly, strengthening north of Saldanha Bay by afternoon.
- Cape Town: 11°C — 20°C
- Vredendal: 8°C — 23°C
- Riverside: 5°C — 19°C
- George: 6°C — 19°C
- Worcester: 5°C — 19°C
- Beaufort West: 4°C — 17°C
- Oudtshoorn: 4°C — 19°C
Western half of the Eastern Cape: Morning frost in the extreme northeast clears for a fine and cold day, slightly cooler along the coast. Coastal winds: Light north-westerly, later shifting to light south-easterly.
Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Morning frost over northern high grounds, otherwise, fine and cold, but cool along the coastal areas. Coastal winds: Light north-westerly to northerly breeze.
- Gqeberha: 10°C — 20°C
- Makhanda: 7°C — 18°C
- Cradock: 2°C — 18°C
- Graaff-Reinet: 2°C — 17°C
- East London: 11°C — 20°C
- Port St Johns: 10°C — 22°C
- Mthatha: 4°C — 18°C
- Komani: 2°C — 17°C
- Qonce: 7°C — 20°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Morning rain is expected in the north-east, clearing for fine and cool conditions. It will be colder toward the south-west. Coastal winds: Light to moderate southerly to south-westerly winds, later changing to a north-easterly breeze.
- Durban: 13°C — 22°C
- Richard's Bay: 14°C — 21°C
- Pietermaritzburg: 5°C — 19°C
- Ladysmith: 1°C — 17°C
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